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Museums Empowered (2021)

Agency: Institute of Museum and Library Services

Assistance Listings
  • 45.301 -- Museums for America

Closed opportunityLast Updated: May 13, 2026

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Description

Museums Empowered: Professional Development Opportunities for Museum Staff, a special initiative of the Museums for America grant program, supports staff capacity building projects that use professional development to generate systemic change within a museum. Museums Empowered has four project categories: Digital Technology, Diversity and Inclusion, Evaluation, and Organizational Management.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants

Miscellaneous

  • Other

Additional information

Please see Notice of Funding Opportunity for eligibility information

Grantor contact information

Description

Mark Isaksen, Supervisory Grants Management Specialist, 202-653-4667, misaksen@imls.gov; Laura Zamarripa, Museum Program Specialist, 202-653-4753, lzamarripa@imls.gov imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

Email

imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

imls-museumgrants@imls.gov

Documents

No documents are currently available.

Link to additional information

https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/museums-empowered-professional-development-opportunities-museum-staff

Closed: November 16, 2020

Application process

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Award

$3,000,000

Program Funding

20

Expected awards

$5,000

Award Minimum

$250,000

Award Maximum

Funding opportunity number:

ME-FY21

Cost sharing or matching requirement:

Yes

Funding instrument type:

Grant

Opportunity Category:

Discretionary

Opportunity Category Explanation:

--

Category of Funding Activity:

Arts

Humanities

Category Explanation:

--

History

Version:

2

Posted date:

August 18, 2020

Archive date:

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